Improvement in churns



eintritt Stzen l TIMOTHY OorrlELo AND BnNnDro EGLI, Or nA'rnONA, rENNsYLvANrA.

Letters Patent No. 108,969, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS'.

'lhe Schedule referred to .in these Letters Patent and making part of the Barna.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it knownthat we, TIMOTHY Oorrrnnn, of Natrona, in the county of Allegheny and State of Penusylvania, and BENEDIC EGLI,a citizen of Switzerland, now residing in the aforesaid town Ot' Natrona, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Churnsg.

and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to' the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in a bari-elf churn, provided with a fixed dasher, arranged'in the barrel at right angle to the axis of rotation of said barrel.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to'de'scribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing which forms partof' our specification- Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improvement-iu barrel-churns.

Figure 2 is a top view or planlof the same.

Figure 3 is an end view of the same.

Figure 4 is a transverse and vertical section of the same at line y, iig. 1.

In the accompanying drawing- A represents the barrel of the churn, and is provided with a door, G, whichis held closedby a strap, or hinge-strap, hook and staple, such as is used in the ordinary construction of barrel-charms.

"lo the ends, m, ot' the barrelA are secured bearings, e, which are fitted in the pedestal B B.

One of'the bearings e is provided with a crank, f.

In the ends ofthe barrel are grooves x, in which is fitted the dasher h, which extends across the barrel A, and is so arranged in the barrel that one end of' it will be about the center ofthe door C, as shown in iig. 4.

The barrel A is provided with a smallA opening, n, which is closed with a plug, g.

The dasher h may be provided witha series ot' openings, and may be, in width, equal to the' longest diameter of the door (I.

As the construction of our improvement inbarrclchurns will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and by reference to the accompanying drawing, we will therefore proceed to describe its operation, which is as follows:

The cream or milk isprepared in the ordinary manner and poured into'the churn, and thevdoor C so closed as to prevent leakage of the cream Or milk.` The barrel A is then revolved, through the medium of the crank f, and the revolving of the barrel A vwill cause the dasher h to strike the milk and agitateit,

`so as to separate the butter from it.

After revolving the barrel A 'for two or three minutes the plug g should be removed for the purpose of f allowing the heat and gas which accumulates in the barrel to escape, otherwise the butter will be sealded. After the heat and gas have escaped theI plug gis again inserted, and the barrel revolved until it is again ,nec y essary toremove the plug g, which should he done every. two or three minutes, until the churning is eom-A pleted, which will require about ten minutes for the rot-ation of the barrel A. A y' The advantages ot' our improvement in the barrelchurn consists inprcventiug leakage of the cream or milk at the bearings e ofthe barrel A', and in theease and facility of cleaning, and diminishing the labor ot' churning, and also avoiding the use of hot water for obtaining the desired temperature (600i of theol-cam or milk for churning.

rlhe agitation of the cream or milk in Our churn will heat it to the proper temperature for obtaining the most pel-feet separation of the butter from it.

After the butter has been separated from the cream Or milk by the churning process, as hereinbefore described, it is then gathered, washed, and manipulated in the usual manner.

Ve do not claim, broadly, the barrel or cylinder A, with a fixed dasher, for suoli device is described in the patent granted June 16, 1,868, to F. A, Jewett, and may also be seen in other patents.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of our improvement, y

That we claim as of our invention, is-

'Ihe arrangement of the cylinder A, door C, dasher 7i., and plug g, the whole being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

TIMOTHY COFFIELD. BENEDIO EGLI.

Titnesses J AMES J. JOHNSTON, A. 0. JOHNSTON. 

